“The class can use these on Friday hikes around campus, observing changes in nature when we learn about the seasons and weather, and after returning to the classroom, can write and draw their observations.”

The campers started with a history lesson. Mrs. Cogdill had us ask questions regarding the revolutionary war and the campers enthusiastically waved their hands in the air to share the answers. This was a smart bunch – not a single wrong answer.

After our history lesson, we moved on to the art projects they created for us.

The class had a ‘music’ theme and drew photos of themselves with an instrument they would like to play in the future. Each drawing came with a story of why the student selected that instrument and what they love about music.

They’re currently learning about jazz in music class, so there were a lot of jazz inspired drawings and stories throughout the room. These kids love their jazz!

One little boy created a whole band for his picture. On the front he drew his class as the band and on the back he listed all of his bandmates’ names and what instrument they would play. My favorite was the friend he had playing the triangle.

We weren’t the only ones visiting Mrs. Cogdill’s class this morning – the local news caught wind of our journey and wanted to help spread the word for Mrs. Cogdill’s class wish list. 🙂

The kids LOVED the news camera! They kept asking if they were going to be on tv.

Before we said goodbye, the class had one last surprise they wanted to share with us!

Every Friday Camp Cogdill has a big experiment they do outside. It’s their FAVORITE time of the week and they only get to do it if they’ve been on their best behavior on the days leading up to Friday. Since we were visiting, the class got an extra treat with a bonus Wednesday experiment. To say they were excited when we headed outside would be an understatement – the kids were going crazy about it!

They filled the ziploc with vinegar, dropped in the baking soda, and threw it like a grenade.

Boom!

The ziploc expanded until it couldn’t take it anymore, then POP!

It was just a little smelly. 😉

We did four exploding bags in total and each ‘pop’ was louder than the last.

We gave our interviews (I’ll post a link when it’s live on WCTV.com!)

Collected the art for Austin

And said our good-byes!

We had a BLAST hanging out with Mrs. Cogdill’s class this morning. The ‘campers’ are so full of spirit and have a love for learning and exploring that is just contagious. Thank you Chevy and Adopt-A-Classroom for giving our team a chance to work with such a great class!

I went to bed last night just a little excited about my run this morning. As soon as I discovered we would be staying in Tallahassee for the night, I knew I had to find a way to squeeze a run in around the FSU campus. I had to wake up a little earlier than normal to drive across town to campus, but it was worth it. Totally worth it.

I had just started running when I lived in Tallahassee and I miss how runner friendly the city is. I also miss running on FSU campus – it’s like an instant trip down memory lane. I parked off campus and made a great big 5-mile loop around the school. I saw my old dorm, the student union, my favorite fountains, and the stadium. I was also reminded how HILLY Tallahassee is! I definitely got my hill workout in for the week !

After we packed up the hotel rooms, the team headed to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.

Katrina, if you are going to be super particular about Meghann’s spelling, I should point out that you wrote “could” when you seemingly meant “couldn’t”…. the expression is “couldn’t care less”…anonymous recently posted..Cute Tall Guy aka CTG

Actually, this isn’t true at all. As a professional linguist (I have a PhD in the field and many years of experience), the term “I could care less” is one that’s developed in causal speech to accomplish a variety of things. First, language changes and it changes fast (think how you probably don’t speak the same “way” as your parents or grandparents), so the term ‘I couldn’t care less’ is one used in colloquial conversation, while it’s counter-part “I could care less” is used to to essentially signal and mean the exact same thing (so, the original has changed into the second in many dialects of English). Secondly, using this phrase is very particular to intonation patterns. The “I couldn’t care less version” is sarcasm, while the “I could care less” version is a) being an ironic twist on the original, ESPECIALLY considering intonation patterns and b) has morphed to be used in place of the original to capture the same semantic meaning.

In other words, Katrina, I would respond to this misinformed anon by telling them you speak a different dialect of English, and then refer them to Steven Pinker.

Moral of the story: Don’t play grammar nazi if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Sounds like so much fun, and such a great project to be a part of! I love Crdcker Barrel! My fav thing to order is the chicken ‘n dumplings.. Amazing!Jana @ Newly Wife Healthy Life recently posted..Changes like the Wind

Thanks so much for visiting our school and sharing Camp Cogdill with the rest of the world. Mrs. Cogdill makes learning exciting and rewarding for her class. Our students are lucky to have such an innovative teacher! Please support her classroom by donating materials to keep the learning going.

Ahh so happy to see you at Springwood Elementary! I have worked in that school and I loved it! She is an amazing teacher! You must have been so happy to have an empty campus this morning! The most challenging part of running beautiful FSU is dodging people! This post made me so happy! What a great thing you are doingAlaina recently posted..Tragedy Hits

It looks like you are having so much fun with the kids! Yeah! I hope this raises lots and lots of $$ for the schools.

I haven’t been back to my university since I graduated. It would be fun to run through campus again. I’m sure I would see it in a very different way!Angela @ Happy Fit Mama recently posted..Put Your Best Foot Forward